The price of RAM memory begins to rise due to tensions between South Korea and Japan

The price of RAM modules is starting to rise, due to the problems between South Korea and Japan and it is only the beginning.

Manufacturers of RAM memory chips have long said there is an excess stock of modules. To correct the problem, they planned to reduce production. But they have encountered two situations that have been great for them. The first is the blackout at the Toshiba plant that has damaged a large number of DRAM chips. Later the commercial tensions between Japan and South Korea have arrived.

All these factors have caused the RAM memory to start to rise artificially. Above all, it is affecting the difficulty of importing essential chemicals for the production of memories from Japan. All as a result of some quite controversial judicial decisions that revive a conflict closed many decades ago.

Raise the price of RAM artificially

These problems with chemicals and dependence on the outside would be the key. According to the Korea Times, the price of Samsung's 16GB @ 2400MHz modules would have gone from $ 55 to $ 85 in a week. A brutal rise in the price of RAM. Although everyone insisted on excess stock, this rise in the price of DRAM is due to a shortage of inventory.

A worker at the semiconductor company denies the information: “There has been no shortage of DRAM memory chips even after Japan tightened export regulations. Retailers seem to be using tricks to raise chip prices. "

Currently the RAM is at historical lows and of course, that does not like the manufacturers. They see how their profit margin has dropped a lot and investors do not like that. But the rise could not come at a better time, since the arrival of the AMD Ryzen 3000 would cause an increase in RAM sales. Especially high frequencies.

Source: wccftech